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July 28, 2016 Subject:
Interesting section on Kut
Siege of Kut and attempts at negotiation with the Turks is told in the third section of the diary. The description of the deliberate refusal of the British government and generals to come to the aid of their own soldiers is ominous. It's very vivid.